cocksure adj : marked by excessive confidence;
"an arrogant and cocksure materialist"; "so overconfident and
impudent as to speak to the queen"; "the less he knows the more
positive he gets" [syn: overconfident, positive]

English

Adjective

A satirical work, the novel centres
on Mortimer Griffin, a middle-class
Anglican from Caribou, Ontario who has
built a successful career as a publisher and editor in 1960s
London,
England.
When a Hollywood mogul
buys Griffin's publishing house, Griffin is suddenly forced to
confront the potential impact that not being Jewish may have on
his career and his sex life.